AMENDED AND RESTATED
INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT
July 6, 1999 as Amended and Restated May 3, 2004
Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000
Dear Sirs:
Credit Suisse Japan Equity Fund, Inc. (the "Fund"), a
corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Maryland,
herewith confirms its agreement with Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC (the
"Adviser") as follows:
1. Investment Description; Appointment
The Fund desires to employ the capital of the Fund by
investing and reinvesting in investments of the kind and in accordance with the
limitations specified in its Articles of Incorporation, as may be amended from
time to time, and in the Fund's Prospectus(es) and Statement(s) of Additional
Information as from time to time in effect (the "Prospectus" and "SAI,"
respectively), and in such manner and to such extent as may from time to time be
approved by the Board of Directors of the Fund. Copies of the Fund's Prospectus
and SAI have been or will be submitted to the Adviser. The Fund desires to
employ and hereby appoints the Adviser to act as investment adviser to the Fund.
The Adviser accepts the appointment and agrees to furnish the services for the
compensation set forth below.
2. Services as Investment Adviser
Subject to the supervision and direction of the Board of
Directors of the Fund, the Adviser will (a) act in strict conformity with the
Fund's Articles of Incorporation, the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "1940
Act") and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as the same may from time to time
be amended, (b) manage the Fund's assets in accordance with the Fund's
investment objective and policies as stated in the Fund's Prospectus and SAI,
(c) make investment decisions for the Fund, (d) place purchase and sale orders
for securities on behalf of the Fund, (e) exercise voting rights in respect of
portfolio securities and other investments for the Fund, and (f) monitor and
evaluate the services provided by the Fund's investment sub-adviser(s), if any,
under the terms of the applicable investment sub-advisory agreement(s). In
providing those services, the Adviser will provide investment research and
supervision of the Fund's investments and conduct a continual program of
investment, evaluation and, if appropriate, sale and reinvestment of the Fund's
assets. In addition, the Adviser will furnish the Fund with whatever statistical
information the Fund may reasonably request with respect to the securities that
the Fund may hold or contemplate purchasing.
Subject to the approval of the Board of Directors of the Fund and where
required, the Fund's shareholders, the Adviser may engage an investment
sub-adviser or sub-advisers to provide advisory services in respect of the Fund
and may delegate to such investment sub-adviser(s) the responsibilities
described in subparagraphs (b), (c), (d) and (e) above. In the event that an
investment sub-adviser's engagement has been terminated, the Adviser shall be
responsible for furnishing the Fund with the services required to be performed
by such investment sub-adviser(s) under the applicable investment sub-advisory
agreements or arranging for a successor investment sub-adviser(s) to provide
such services on terms and conditions acceptable to the Fund and the Fund's
Board of Directors and subject to the requirements of the 1940 Act.
3. Brokerage
In executing transactions for the Fund, selecting brokers or
dealers and negotiating any brokerage commission rates, the Adviser will use its
best efforts to seek the best overall terms available. In assessing the best
overall terms available for any portfolio transaction, the Adviser will consider
all factors it deems relevant including, but not limited to, breadth of the
market in the security, the price of the security, the financial condition and
execution capability of the broker or dealer and the reasonableness of any
commission for the specific transaction and for transactions executed through
the broker or dealer in the aggregate. In selecting brokers or dealers to
execute a particular transaction and in evaluating the best overall terms
available, the Adviser may consider the brokerage and research services (as
those terms are defined in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as the same may from time to time be amended) provided to the Fund and/or other
accounts over which the Adviser or an affiliate exercises investment discretion.
4. Information Provided to the Fund
The Adviser will keep the Fund informed of developments
materially affecting the Fund, and will, on its own initiative, furnish the Fund
from time to time with whatever information the Adviser believes is appropriate
for this purpose.
5. Standard of Care
The Adviser shall exercise its best judgment in rendering the
services listed in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 above. The Adviser shall not be liable
for any error of judgment or mistake of law or for any loss suffered by the Fund
in connection with the matters to which this Agreement relates, provided that
nothing herein shall be deemed to protect or purport to protect the Adviser
against any liability to the Fund or to shareholders of the Fund to which the
Adviser would otherwise be subject by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith
or gross negligence on its part in the performance of its duties or by reason of
the Adviser's reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under this
Agreement.
6. Compensation
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In consideration of the services rendered pursuant to this
Agreement, the Fund will pay the Adviser an annual fee calculated at an annual
rate of 1.25% of the Fund's average daily net assets. The fee for the period
from the date of this Agreement to the end of the year shall be prorated
according to the proportion that such period bears to the full yearly period.
Upon any termination of this Agreement before the end of a year, the fee for
such part of that year shall be prorated according to the proportion that such
period bears to the full yearly period and shall be payable upon the date of
termination of this Agreement. For the purpose of determining fees payable to
the Adviser, the value of the Fund's net assets shall be computed at the times
and in the manner specified in the Fund's Prospectus or SAI.
7. Expenses
The Adviser will bear all expenses in connection with the
performance of its services under this Agreement, including the fees payable to
any investment sub-adviser engaged pursuant to paragraph 2 of this Agreement.
The Fund will bear its proportionate share of certain other expenses to be
incurred in its operation, including: investment advisory and administration
fees; taxes, interest, brokerage fees and commissions, if any; fees of Directors
of the Fund who are not officers, directors, or employees of the Adviser, any
sub-adviser or any of their affiliates; fees of any pricing service employed to
value shares of the Fund; Securities and Exchange Commission fees and state blue
sky qualification fees; charges of custodians and transfer and dividend
disbursing agents; the Fund's proportionate share of insurance premiums; outside
auditing and legal expenses; costs of maintenance of the Fund's existence; costs
attributable to investor services, including, without limitation, telephone and
personnel expenses; costs of preparing and printing prospectuses and statements
of additional information for regulatory purposes and for distribution to
existing shareholders; costs of shareholders' reports and meetings of the
shareholders of the Fund and of the officers or Board of Directors of the Fund;
and any extraordinary expenses.
The Fund will be responsible for nonrecurring expenses which
may arise, including costs of litigation to which the Fund is a party and of
indemnifying officers and Directors of the Fund with respect to such litigation
and other expenses as determined by the Directors.
8. Services to Other Companies or Accounts
The Fund understands that the Adviser now acts, will continue
to act and may act in the future as investment adviser to fiduciary and other
managed accounts and to one or more other investment companies or series of
investment companies, and the Fund has no objection to the Adviser so acting,
provided that whenever the Fund and one or more other accounts or investment
companies or portfolios advised by the Adviser have available funds for
investment, investments suitable and appropriate for each will be allocated in
accordance with a formula believed to be equitable to each entity. The Fund
recognizes that in some cases this procedure may adversely affect the size of
the position obtainable for the Fund. In addition, the Fund understands that the
persons employed by the Adviser to assist in the performance of the Adviser's
duties hereunder will not devote their full time to such service and nothing
contained herein shall be deemed to limit or restrict the right of the Adviser
or any affiliate of the Adviser
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to engage in and devote time and attention to other businesses or to render
services of whatever kind or nature, provided that doing so does not adversely
affect the ability of the adviser to perform its services under this Agreement.
9. Term of Agreement
This Agreement shall continue for an initial two-year period
commencing on the date first written above, and thereafter shall continue
automatically for successive annual periods, provided such continuance is
specifically approved at least annually by (a) the Board of Directors of the
Fund or (b) a vote of a "majority" (as defined in the 0000 Xxx) of the Fund's
outstanding voting securities, provided that in either event the continuance is
also approved by a majority of the Board of Directors who are not "interested
persons" (as defined in said Act) of any party to this Agreement, by vote cast
in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval. This
Agreement is terminable, without penalty, on 60 days' written notice, by the
Board of Directors of the Fund or by vote of holders of a majority of the Fund's
shares, or upon 90 days' written notice, by the Adviser. This Agreement will
also terminate automatically in the event of its assignment (as defined in said
Act).
10. Representation by the Fund
The Fund represents that a copy of its Articles of
Incorporation, dated October 9, 1995, together with all amendments thereto, is
on file in the Department of Assessments and Taxation of the State of Maryland.
11. Miscellaneous
The Fund recognizes that directors, officers and employees of
the Adviser may from time to time serve as directors, trustees, officers and
employees of corporations and business trusts (including other investment
companies) and that such other corporations and trusts may include the name
"CS", "CSFB", "CSAM" or "Credit Suisse" (or any combination thereof or as part
of their names, and that the Adviser or its affiliates may enter into advisory
or other agreements with such other corporations and trusts. If the Adviser
ceases to act as the investment adviser of the Fund's shares, the Fund agrees
that, at the Adviser's request, the Fund's license to use the words "CS",
"CSFB", "CSAM" or "Credit Suisse" or any combination thereof) will terminate and
that the Fund will take all necessary action to change the name of the Fund to
names not including the words "CS", "CSFB", "CSAM" or "Credit Suisse" (or any
combination thereof).
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Please confirm that the foregoing is in accordance with your
understanding by indicating your acceptance hereof at the place below indicated,
whereupon it shall become a binding agreement between us.
Very truly yours,
CREDIT SUISSE JAPAN EQUITY FUND, INC.
By: /s/Xxx Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxx Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President and
Secretary
Accepted:
CREDIT SUISSE ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC
By: /s/Xxx Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxx Xxxxxx
Title: Managing Director
